• We encourage and engage individuals of any age, gender, race, ethnicity, national and language identity, religious belief, physical appearance, ability, sexual orientation, caste and class, to have integrated experiences of self in breath, body and voice.

• We center one’s body as the site of understanding, integration, and expression of our work.

• We value humility, curiosity, and deep listening in the way we communicate.

• We value individual autonomy, agency and consent.

• We aspire to leadership and teaching that is collaborative and relational.

• We believe in the importance of holding complexity.
  For example:
  Experiencing one’s own discomfort and pleasure as tools for learning
  Being aware of oneself while being aware of others 
  Risking fullness of expression while respecting boundaries

• We commit to questioning systems of power and oppression in the world, so as not to replicate them in our work.

• We believe in the liberatory potential of the work.

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The 8 Values of the Fitzmaurice Voice Institute (FVI) came out of a collective undertaking led by Lee Su-Feh and the FVI Advisory Group in consultation with the larger community of Fitzmaurice Voicework teachers. The 8 Values represent what we stand for, and what we can count on as we move through the world as teachers and practitioners of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. It is a living document and is enlivened by constant discussions, agreements, arguments about what the words mean to each one of us, how we embody them, how we share them. We are currently working on a page where you can access some of these discussions. Stay tuned.

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